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10 songs that feel like Slack

Matched to Slack by Tycho on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

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safe 20/100 intensity 100 BPM
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We Could Forever — Bonobo safe 90 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100).

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Für Immer — Neu! safe 128 BPM

92% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (18/100). Same smooth texture.

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Sapphire — Bonobo safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same spacious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Measured 90% alike.

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Neon Lights — Kraftwerk safe 90 BPM

Measures 90% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100). Same smooth texture.

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Dern Kala — Khruangbin safe 90 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100).

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O Boto — Tom Jobim safe 90 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Same smooth texture.

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River — Enya safe 85 BPM

Keeps the same spacious pull — runs a little hotter at 28/100. Measured 89% alike.

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Sowiesoso — Cluster safe 60 BPM

Measures 88% the same. It sits a little calmer at 8/100. Same smooth texture.

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Palace Posy — Boards of Canada moderate 95 BPM

A 88% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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Lebanese Blonde — Thievery Corporation safe 90 BPM

87% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 13/100. Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Slack” by Tycho?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “We Could Forever” by Bonobo, “Für Immer” by Neu!, “Sapphire” by Bonobo — the top match scores 94% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

How intense is “Slack”?

It measures 20/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 100 BPM.

How do you decide which songs are similar?

Every song in our catalog is measured on 8 dimensions — intensity, dynamic range, tempo, sudden changes, texture, predictability, vocal force and fine sound detail. Similarity is the distance between two songs across those measurements, so matches cross genres and eras. Shared mood tags break ties.

By the numbers: how this song compares

Computed from this song’s place among the 19,209 songs we’ve measured.

Where it sits in 19,000 songs

This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 88% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 20/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is deep calm: more extreme on that axis than 88% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on full chaos — sudden changes, huge quiet-to-loud swings, and relentless energy — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.

Feels almost identical to

Closest matches by feel across all 19,209 measured songs — not by genre or artist, by how they actually move.

What it’s good for

Sleep9/10
Focus10/10
Workout1/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype1/10

Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.

2016 in context

The 368 songs we’ve measured from 2016 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. At 5/10, this track is gentler and steadier than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity20
Dynamics44
Tempo33
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force0
Trigger load25

The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.

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